This transcript of the diary covers from June 7th, 1881 through November, 1885. William Thomas Godard (1838-1908) was a farmer, Confederate soldier and Primitive Baptist preacher. In addition to the diary, there are transcripts of two lengthy letters from 1885 relating to church matters, and a list of accounts with W. H. Head of Milner, in Pike County,Georgia (1881-1885). There is also a letter from Mary Godard concerning the donation of these transcripts to theColumbusMuseum, and mentioning that the original had been laminated and filmed by the Georgia Department of Archives and History.